The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 24, 2136
Last Quarter
53.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 AM
11:33 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2637
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -28.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.56° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.84° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.